Box having solid ends.



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SHEETSWSHEET 1A 55H vente:

somo sims.

Speccaton of Letters Potent,

Ptelte Jem, 1i?, 1315.

pensasse ined :une es, ism. serial nel 'retiene'.

To all whom majo' concern Be it known that I, fimrfscm E. Wehren, a citizen of the United States residing at Danville, in county' of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improv Boxes Having Solid lnfis of lem following is s'ieoifieation.

oven'ient o ohicet vo that the My invention rele in boxes having soliti l is to provide a hoo; 1 and enx edges or corners o1@ holly will he straight. This cornplshed by cressing the body of the hor et the :folding point for forming the four sides in, suoli e manner that edges of the' sides when brought together vwill 'produce o, straight edge on the interior of the box.

The invention consists in certain novel features of constrinitioo end combinations el' part h 'il'. he hereinafter fully described and porra 3. ont in the claims,

'n the accompanying drawings, Figure is s View of the body of the box in its Colles-er1 or flattened-out position before beingr folded; Fig. is@ View of the blank forming one ol the ends or heads; Fig. 3 is an enlarged rietsi! sectional View through the body ot' the box showing the scoring; Fig. l is an eulargeri detail plan view showing; the scoring1 .long the outer edges of .the body for iorming head to support the heads; Fig. is an exil-erger?. detail plan View showing the heed. :replied to the box und indicating how the head end conforms to the interior of the box; Fig 6 is an enlarged 4' Uail sed '.onoi View showing the manner of monotingg lof-eil on the heed orn'ietl :along the outer edn'es of the body'.

A, represents the body box, which is made from a single piece of material, and. is provided with grooves l, "i, at the several Cornersy which grooves are forme@ by creasing or scoring the body of the box7 producing beads on the outer surface 0i" the box. The grooves l allow the several sides of the box, 2, to be bent into position for forming or assembling the box ,from its collapsed oondtioln ond bring the adjacent edges of the sides in close proximity to each otherg thereby producing; a straight edge Vet each corner of the box` heads or ends 3 are provided with flanges si, l, and 5, 5j the flanges 4, 4, being of greater length than the heads or ends, and oapted to engage and averla i the ens of the ienges 5, whereby a straig it erlge or corner is formed at each corner of the he so that the heed will conform and lits Within the inner Walls of the box. flange is provided with a groove or elegir sion G on the under side thereof, formi the head T on the upper side thereof "he adjacent ends of the several flanges het e brought together when the adjacent ei; l@ the sides are brought together, the tending 'to exert en outward pressure an is, the flanges whereby they will' he compres:- anti. rictionolly engage the Walls of boro The lenges 4 and 5 can be fastened the walls of the nox in any suitable nl From the foregoing Willhe seen by providing a groove at the four olfling edges of the box, the adjacent edges of the sides can he brought together for forming* a straight edge et each corner, enti that the flanges of the heads or ends can he meile of proper length by notching the heads ciently to make two of the' flanges of th same Width as the head and the other two flanges of :t greater length than the heed, so that when the flanges ere -brought to en upright position, the longer flanges *will overlap the ends of the shorter ges, thereby producing a straiqht edge er lit ting the corners of the box.

Hoving fully described. my invention, what I claim as new and deeire'to secure by Letters Patent, issn-- l. A closure for 'boxes comprising s heeel having flanges fmmeol thereon adopter). to he bent at an angle to the heed, swirl flanges having grooves formed-therein adjacent to their folding edges for producing beadson the opposite side of the llanges, said beetle located at the juncture of the head eno' its flanges and extending inwerdlyor forcing the flanges outwer and awa from the edges of the head when the anges here been bent et an angle to the heed( A closure for boxes comprising e. heed having flanges ormed thereon, beads on the flanges located at the juncture of the heed and the flanges and extending inwardly for away from the edges 0f the head when the anges huye been bent at ange to the head. A. eiosuze for boxes compmsmg a head 3 having zmges themen, bends formed at the edge ef the flanges at ehe une-ture of the hea and 'che enges, and extendmg 1n- Werdly ne erde of' the adjacent bends edeped te be breught together when the -aiming the enges to be orced outward and' anges are bent at an angle to the head, 10 whereby the beads will cause the flanges to -be forced in an outward direction.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature, in the resence of two Witnesses.

' ARRISON B.. WALTER. `Wtnessesz g ILARIBEL BULLOCK,

Jos. W. MEITZLER. 

